What does Hester's letter "A" eventually come to represent to the townspeople?
(A) "Able"
(B) "Alone"
(C) "Avaricious"
(D) "Absolutely
Answer: A
The Scarlet Letter
- What does Chillingworth pretend to be?
- Where do Hester and Pearl live?
- What color of clothing does Hester always wear?
- What item of clothing does Hester make for Governor Winthrop?
- How does Pearl become wealthy?
- How do Hester and Dimmesdale plan to escape their suffering?
- What mark can supposedly be seen on Dimmesdale's chest?
- How does Pearl acknowledge Dimmesdale as her father at his death?
- Why does Pearl not recognize her mother when she sees her with Dimmesdale in the forest?
- What natural phenomenon comes to symbolize both Dimmesdale's "sin" and Governor Winthrop's "virtue"?
- Next to whom is Hester buried?
- How does Hester support herself financially?
- How does Mistress Hibbins eventually die?
- Who is Mistress Hibbins?
- In what city do Hester and Pearl live?
- Which of the following is a method Dimmesdale uses to punish himself for his sins?
- What item in the governor's mansion shows Hester a distorted reflection of herself?
- What is situated immediately outside the door of the prison in which Hester is kept?
- With whom has Chillingworth been living before he appears in Boston?
- Where do Hester and Chillingworth live before coming to America?
- In what century is the story of Hester Prynne set?